OCR PDF
Turn scanned PDFs into searchable, selectable PDFs with OCR in 100+ languages. Recognition runs on your device.
No uploads
How to use OCR PDF
- 1Open OCR PDF. It runs in your browser, no sign-up.
- 2Drop your file here or choose it. It stays on your device; nothing is uploaded.
- 3Adjust the options until the preview looks right.
- 4Download the result.
Questions
What does OCR PDF do?
It recognises the text in scanned pages and adds an invisible text layer on top, so you can search, select and copy text while the page looks exactly the same.
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. Tesseract OCR runs in your browser. Only the language data (a few MB) is downloaded once and cached.
Which DPI should I use?
200 is a good balance. Use 300 for small print; it is slower.
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